Funny Quotes about Government

"You need to know that a member of Congress who refuses to allow the minimum wage to come up for a vote made more money during last year's one-month government shutdown than a minimum wage worker makes in an entire year." —William Jefferson Clinton

"When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it." —Clarence Seward Darrow

"Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last." —General Charles De Gaulle

"To govern is always to choose among disadvantages." —General Charles De Gaulle

"I gather, young man, that you wish to be a Member of Parliament. The first lesson that you must learn is, when I call for statistics about the rate of infant mortality, what I want is proof that fewer babies died when I was Prime Minister than when anyone else was Prime Minister. That is a political statistic." —Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill

"[The War Office kept three sets of figures:] one to mislead the public, another to mislead the Cabinet, and the third to mislead itself." —Herbert Henry Asquith

A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants. —Alben W. Barkley

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. —Edward Abbey

And who knows? Somewhere out there in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well! —Barbara Bush